This recognition of “The Winter Boy” by “Locus Magazine” adds to the buzz that is building about this unusual novel which is steadily gaining attention from reviewers, bloggers and readers. As Wendy Delmater Thies wrote in “Abyss and Apex Magazine,” “[It’s] an amazing, tour-de-force literary work completely unlike anything I have ever read…. People will […]

Broads rocked Boskone. We had a strong presence on panels, and had a Rapid Fire Reading Friday night that was well-attended with readers Roberta Rogow, Elaine Isaak, Valerie Frankel, Anna Erishnigal, JIll Shultz, and myself. The table enjoyed good sales in spite of a blizzard that essentially gutted the con of attendees and participants on […]

Time and Tithe, a fantasy novel by LJ Cohen. Changeling’s Choice, Book 2. Only months after her victory over Oberon and Titania, everything Lydia thought she’d accomplished is unraveling: Faerie is falling into decay, the Fae are restless, and Taylor—the baby sister she sacrificed everything for—has grown up without her. When Taylor tumbles out of […]

By Justine Graykin The Arisia SF/Fantasy convention in Boston is a bit like a hyperspace luge. This year they sold a record 4000 badges. Four days of non-stop events, some of which weren’t even on the program. Just sitting in the lobby taking in the costumes is a show in itself. To paraphrase BarFleet, if […]

The second Indie Fantasy Bundle from StoryBundle is now available! Curated by Blair MacGregor, it includes novels from M.C.A. Hogarth, Judith Tarr, Sherwood Smith, C.J. Brightly, Blair MacGregor, Scott Marlowe, and Brad Beaulieu. It includes a World Fantasy award winner, Gemmell and Spectrum award finalists, Nebula finalists, and Writers of the Future award winners. The […]

Knight of the White Hart by Kathryn Marlowe (K. A. Laity) Guigemar is a Breton knight who fights alongside King Arthur. His excels in all the courtly arts save one: he has always scorned love. Returning home the knight goes hunting with a friend and shoots a white deer. The arrow bounces back to wound […]

Dear Broad Universe Members, We are happy to announce that members now have the option to pay for their memberships either through an auto-renewing subscription or they may pay annually via PayPal. The number one requested change in the poll we took last year was for an easier way to renew. Subscriptions take the worry […]

Our 2015 annual meeting will be held on Sunday, January 25th at 2 pm Eastern (1 pm CST, Noon MST, 11 am PST) on Google Hangouts. More details coming soon. Click Here for more information on setting up your computer to use Google Hangouts if you do not currently have a Gmail or Google+ account.

Broad Universe is both pleased and relieved by WisCon’s decision to permanently ban Jim Frenkel. We feel this is the best way for WisCon to ensure member safety at future conventions. As a reminder, our official harassment policy is here: http://broaduniverse.org/broad-universe-faq/#harassmentpolic

Lisa Shapter’s short story “Searching” is out in Black Denim Lit #8 (December 2014) available at every leading ebook site. Three farspace cops begin the search for a missing soldier — who will be the protagonist of “No Woman, No Plaything” and “Planet 38″. Set in the same universe as “The World in his Throat” […]

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